slog

About 0.11 uses per million words.

Meaning

noun A long, tedious walk or march.
noun A hard, persistent effort, session of work, or period.
noun A book or other media that is difficult to get through due to dullness, density, or lack of narrative momentum.
noun An aggressive shot played with little skill.
verb To walk slowly or doggedly, encountering resistance.
verb To work slowly and deliberately at a tedious task.
verb To strike something with a heavy blow, especially a ball with a bat.
It was like being slogged by a heavyweight boxer.